Decker Swedish Evangelical Free Church and Cemetery
Decker Swedish Evangelical Free Church and Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Chalk Knob stands 364 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 13 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1997
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 13.7 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 20.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bellingham Meadows Greenbelt: 1.6 mi
- Harris Branch Amenity Center: 1.6 mi
- Harris Branch Neighborhood Park: 1.6 mi
- Stirling Bridge Greenbelt: 2.2 mi
- Ben E. Fisher Park: 2.4 mi
- Decker United Methodist Church and Community: 1.6 mi
- Clayton Vocational Institute: 2.5 mi
- City of Manor: 2.9 mi
- Bloor House: 3.0 mi
- Barr Mansion: 3.0 mi
- Lotus: 4.6 mi
- Ocho: 5.9 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 6.3 mi
- Arachnophilia: 6.4 mi
- Nessy: 6.5 mi
- Asian American Resource Center Intergenerational Garden: 4.7 mi
- Zen Garden: 4.7 mi
- Windsor Park Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Fort Dessau Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- North Austin Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 2.7 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- The Thinkery: 6.5 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 7.5 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 7.5 mi
- Bohls House: 7.7 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 8.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 0.8 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 7.2 mi
- Mount Barker: 10.1 mi
- Mount Lucas: 10.1 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 10.2 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 6.7 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 7.7 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 8.3 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 8.6 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 8.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 10.7 mi
- Link Falls: 11.1 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 12.1 mi
- New Sweden: 7.6 mi
- McDuff: 11.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 14.8 mi
- Dunstan: 19.9 mi
- Phelan: 20.4 mi
- Shady Spring: 6.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 8.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 10.8 mi
- Eliza Spring: 10.9 mi
- Queen's Bath: 17.2 mi
- Bird Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Seismic Wall: 13.1 mi
- Fern Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Comanche Bluff: 25.0 mi
- Stone picnic table: 12.0 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 14.3 mi
- The Learning Tree: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Decker Swedish Evangelical Free Church and Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Knob | W 264° | 364 m | 23.3 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 270° | 360 m | 22.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 245° | 353 m | 23.1 mi |
| Jess Maynard Hill | NW 310° | 343 m | 23.9 mi |
| Jollyville Plateau | WNW 287° | 340 m | 15.1 mi |
| Maul Hill | W 271° | 330 m | 21.8 mi |
| Comanche Peak | WNW 287° | 325 m | 16.9 mi |
| Friday Mountain | WSW 240° | 325 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453821441
Day trips start here
- Austin · 9 mi
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